IFS - The fiscal backdrop to Spring Budget 2023
How might recent economic developments affect the outlook for the public finances, and what does this mean for the Chancellor's options at the Budget?
Updated: Tue Feb 28 2023
techUKs Data Centres Council Strengthens Team
techUK is delighted to welcome Helen Munro - Head of Environment and Sustainability at Pulsant to the UK Council of Data Centres; as well as congratulating Allan Bosley from Ark Data Centres for being nominated Vice Chair of the Council.
Updated: Tue Feb 28 2023
The Quality, Assurance and Testing Profession at the Home Office
The DDaT Profession Framework supports the careers and development of our Quality, Assurance and Testing team. Clive and Manak explain how.
Updated: Tue Feb 28 2023
IFS - Public finances may be improving, but personal circumstances certainly are not
Well, it looks like we might just about have avoided a recession. Economic forecasts for the coming year have been moving from the grisly to the merely deeply disappointing.
Updated: Mon Feb 27 2023
JRF - Call for a landmark change to Universal Credit so people can afford the essentials - research shows overwhelming p
Two of the UK's most prominent anti-poverty organisations have calculated how far short current levels fall and are calling for a new law to make sure Universal Credit's basic rate is always at least enough for people to afford the essentials. They say it's extraordinary that the basic rate of Universal Credit is not based on how much it costs to afford essentials like food, bills and vital household items.
Updated: Mon Feb 27 2023
How to tax the rich?
We talk non-doms, offshore trusts, capital gains and wealth taxes in a quest to answer the question: how should we tax the wealthy?
Updated: Fri Feb 24 2023
IEA - Dont force tech platforms to prop up outdated publishing models, urges new report
New research published by the Institute of Economic Affairs argues that forcing digital platforms to pay publishers to host their content would prop up failing media business models and harm consumers.
Updated: Fri Feb 24 2023
IEA - Football regulator will hold clubs back
Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on the Government's release of the football regulator white paper
Updated: Fri Feb 24 2023
IFS - When and why do employees change their pension saving?
We analyse how employees' pension saving responds to changes in earnings and employer, tax incentives, and major life events.
Updated: Fri Feb 24 2023
Ignite Space 2023: agenda now available
Tickets are now available for the UK Space Agency's Ignite Space event - Tuesday, 7 March 2023, Aerospace Bristol
Updated: Fri Feb 24 2023
techUK National Security Committee Election Results
techUK is delighted to announce the results of the 2022 National Security Committee election.
Updated: Fri Feb 24 2023
Asylum backlog paints a dire picture says IPPR
IPPR's analysis of today's quarterlyHome Office migration statistics highlights the following trends
Updated: Thu Feb 23 2023
IFG - Public service performance is unlikely to improve by the next election
Decisions taken by Rishi Sunak's government will do little to improve performance across nine key public services before the next general election
Updated: Thu Feb 23 2023
IFS - CEPR symposium of the Development Economics Programme publishes summary papers
PhD students at UCL have published summaries of the papers presented at the CEPR symposium of the Development Economics Programme.
Updated: Thu Feb 23 2023
JRF - Frozen housing market faces worst of all worlds downturn unless Government acts now
The housing market is facing a worst of all worlds' situation as rising interest rates and high inflation create the conditions for a housing market freeze unless the Government acts quickly.
Updated: Thu Feb 23 2023
Podcast - Think digital, act human: improving equity in the workplace
Ever thought about how you or your employer can improve equity in the workplace? Listen to our host, Adaobi Ifeachor, speak to our guest, Clara Greo, about practical things that can be done to level the playing field.
Updated: Thu Feb 23 2023
IFS - Many benefit recipients will be worse off until April 2025 because of failure of payments to keep up with inflatio
Benefit rates are unnecessarily tied to out-of-date inflation measures.
Updated: Wed Feb 22 2023
The Kings Fund responds to the updated ONS data on changes in Covid-19 mortality
Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow, The King's Fund responded to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) update on changes in Covid-19 mortality in England among different ethnic groups over the course of the pandemic
Updated: Wed Feb 22 2023
Apprenticeships in the pensions industry
To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2023, we want to introduce you to some of the amazing individuals taking an apprenticeship in the pensions industry. Since IfATE launched five years ago, there are now over 650 apprenticeships available to train people ...
Updated: Tue Feb 21 2023
IEA - The UK economy is in a doom loop
Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs CommentS on the latest ONS public sector finances data
Updated: Tue Feb 21 2023
IFS response to new public finance figures
January usually sees the government run an overall surplus, as this is the month when a large chunk of self-assessment receipts are paid.
Updated: Tue Feb 21 2023
Call for nominations join techUKs Communications Infrastructure and Services Council
We are pleased to announce that nominations are now open for our Communications Infrastructure and Services Council, an elected body that sets the strategic direction of our telecoms policy here at techUK.
Updated: Mon Feb 20 2023
IFS - Scottish Budget 202324: further analysis
The aim of this report is to look at some of the key implications of the Scottish Budget for the coming year, and for the longer term.
Updated: Mon Feb 20 2023
January sees highest level of energy bill support reach vulnerable households
New official statistics show record numbers of households took up the government support on offer for energy bills.
Updated: Mon Feb 20 2023
Expert Panel publishes report on evaluation of Government commitments on the digitisation of the NHS
In November 2022, techUK responded to the call for evidence from the Expert Panel set up by the Health and Social Care Select Committee, evaluating Government progress on digitising the NHS.
Updated: Fri Feb 17 2023